Purple Beard Orchid at Captains Flat, NSW
Identification history
| Calochilus platychilus | 18 Oct 2023 | Tapirlord | ||
| Calochilus platychilus | 17 Oct 2023 | CarbonAI | ||
| Calochilus robertsonii | 17 Oct 2023 | Csteele4 |
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User's notes
Many budding, this is the first one to open.
2 comments
Tapirlord
wrote:
18 Oct 2023
Yes, I realise that C.robertsonii is probably the name we should. Confirmed for the sake of consistency.
Csteele4
wrote:
18 Oct 2023
@tapirlord Thank goodness, as I've been visiting these plants for three years and have had botanist buds confirm them as definitely C robertsonii!
Was somewhat confused until I read about the name change and subsequent research which resulted in the name change being unsupported in Lachlan Copeland and Gary Backhouse's 2022 book.
Was somewhat confused until I read about the name change and subsequent research which resulted in the name change being unsupported in Lachlan Copeland and Gary Backhouse's 2022 book.
Location information
- Places Captains Flat, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- Csteele4 Recorded by
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Csteele4 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Calochilus platychilus Orchids Plants
Additional information
- 25mm Flower dimension
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Calochilus platychilus Scientific name
- Purple Beard Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1337.4m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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